First Free Church - Former Staff

Bob graduated from St. Cloud State with a degree in education, New York University with an M.A. in Religious Education, the University of Minnesota Medical School, and subsequently received his Board Certification in Internal Medicine. He served as a medical missionary with the Evangelical Free Church Mission in Hong Kong for 32 years, following which he and his wife Lois served as Pastors to Missionaries with the EFCM for five years. [More]

Ministry

Aaron Rusnak

Intern (2009-2010)

Aaron graduated from Northwestern College in 2009 with a B.S. in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Counseling. He met his wife, Melissa, at First Free Church and they were married in October of 2008. [More]

aaron.rusnak {at} firstfreechurch.org

Russ Anteronen

Liaison to the Community (2000-2006)

Russ has been a south Minneapolis resident for over 50 years. He graduated from Field Elementary, Bryant Jr. High, and Mpls. Central High Schools. He attended St. Cloud State College for 2 years, and received certificates in Data Processing and Accounting from Mpls. Vocational Technical School. Russ worked 28 years as a bookkeeper, 19 at the American Cancer Society. Currently Russ connects with the community through tutoring, mentoring, coaching, and discussing needs. [More]

Administrative

Cindy Sawyer

Office Administrator (1996-2008)

Cindy has lived in south Minneapolis for many years. She first came to Minneapolis in 1977 to attend the Minnesota School of Business, where she graduated with a secretarial and office degree. She worked in Downtown Minneapolis for 13 years in a variety of office positions for Resource Trust Co, The Pillsbury Co., and Henry Birks Jewelers. [More]

Dawnette Scott

Administrative Assistant (2007-2008)

Dawnette Scott graduated from Multnomah Bible College in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Biblical Education. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership and a Post-Secondary Education Teaching Certificate from Bethel University. Dawnette moved to Minnesota from Portland, Oregon in 2006 to attend Bethel and help start a new non-profit, 212 Degrees. 212 Degrees is a mission organization training college students in leadership, world religions, and evangelism, using the mountains of Nepal, Tanzania and Turkey as their classroom. [More]

This document last modified on Monday, August 16, 2010

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I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. [Ephesians 1:17-19a]